Partitioning an 80g hard drive

Callan

Any suggestions on the best way to Partition an 80g harddrive.
Would 20 60 be good.

seamus

What OS?

Depends on what you wanna do with it. 20/60 sounds fine. Stick all your d/l'd programs, saved files and mp3's on the 60gig, and everything else on the 20gig.
If you like to install a lot of programs from CD/DVD (I mean hundreds), I'd make the primary partition bigger.

Dr_Teeth

I guess 10-20 for windows and any highly integrated apps (office etc) would be good, as you'll probably find yourself wiping and reinstalling from time to time. The rest of the disk can be used as an archive for drivers, windows installer, games (though some require registry entries), docs, eps, mp3s etc..

Teeth.

jabberwock

I've got my 80gig like this

10-10-10-10-40
winxp - 2kserver - music - misc/d'loads - larger program files and images

daveg

My advice for an 80GB would be 4 * 20GB patitions.
When you install your op system take an image of your fresh install onto one of your partitions with Norton's Ghost.

That way when ever your system gets clogged or you want a fresh install again just put back your image.

GoneShootin

thats what i like to call a good idea

elexes

yes but finding a version of norton that dose ntfs partitions can be a bit of a hassel

ozpass

yes but finding a version of norton that dose ntfs partitions can be a bit of a hassel

I've used every version from Ghost 2.0 onwards (before Symantec even bought it) and I've never had a problem.

It's all in the switches.....

daveg

Originally posted by elexes
yes but finding a version of norton that dose ntfs partitions can be a bit of a hassel

My main partition (C drive) is NTFS (WIN XP) and I have no problem dumping/restoring an image using Ghost 2003.

MisterAnarchy

I've mine partitioned in 4 ,20Gb drives.
C:Windows and Programs Files
D:Games
E:Music
F:Movies

I'D recommend,15Gb ,25Gb and two 20Gb partitions.